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In The 6ix: A Black Baker Rises to the Top. Runner-Up in History Would’ve Burned This Page Challenge. Top Story - February 2024.
The man made good cakes. And following an apprenticeship, he got a job as a baker. It was 1861, he was nineteen years old. It wasn’t his first job - he’d been working since he was a kid to pay for school supplies - and it wouldn’t be his last. For the next sixteen years he kneaded dough, decorated cakes, baked pies. Then, he started driving horse-drawn cabs for his uncle’s livery stable. Years later, at the age of fifty-two, he became Toronto’s first Black elected politician.
By Marie Wilson5 years ago in History
Mistletoe Traditions
Mistletoe has a unique history A popular holiday tradition is kissing under the mistletoe, which has an interesting history. Placing a sprig of the plant over a doorway in your home or holding it over the head of someone you want to kiss fun during the Christmas season.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in History
Dear Eleanor, Shall I Decay?
Decay is a natural thing, you liked to say. And yet it feels far from it. One moment, this body feels like home and the next, it's as alien as the inside of a black hole. Perhaps if we had the chance to peer over the black hole's edge, we would find the glory and wonder of a mysterious new dimension, a cascading turbulence of color and resolve. I wonder if peeling back the layers of our own dying bodies would reveal a similar sight.
By Eden Row5 years ago in History